Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices from 20 seconds of audio

Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by JohnFen on Monday March 27, 2023 @03:50PM (#35331466)

Some scammers tried to pull this scam off on my stepfather years ago. He got a call that, through the wailing and tears, told him that I'd been thrown into a Mexican prison and needed bail money immediately.

He was 90% convinced that it was true, but my mother made him call me before doing anything, which saved him about $10k. She thought it was suspicious that I would have left the country without mentioning it to her.

If the person he was talking to was relatively calm and sounded like me, it might have been successful.

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Re:Launch HN: Play.ht (YC W23) – Generate and clone voices f... by gus_massa on Monday March 27, 2023 @07:06PM (#35334075)

At least here, most were just calling random telephone and letting people guess who is the kidnaped person

> Bububu. Hi, I'm ... bububu

> John?

> Bububu. Yes, I'm John. bububu. I'm in bububu ... the jail in ... bububu

> Mexico?

> Bububu. Yes, In Mexico. bububu. And I need money ... bububu

There are other that research the victim and have more data for a targeted call, but it's more difficult so most cases where random calls where they don't have a sample voice of the victim.

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